Verse 32

1 Kings 20:32

New King James Version

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32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israel, and said, Thy servant Ben-hadad saith, I pray thee, let me live. And he said, Is he yet alive? he is my brother.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יַּחְגְּרוּ֩ שַׂקִּ֨ים בְּ/מָתְנֵי/הֶ֜ם וַ/חֲבָלִ֣ים בְּ/רָאשֵׁי/הֶ֗ם וַ/יָּבֹ֨אוּ֙ אֶל מֶ֣לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וַ/יֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ עַבְדְּ/ךָ֧ בֶן הֲדַ֛ד אָמַ֖ר תְּחִֽי נָ֣א נַפְשִׁ֑/י וַ/יֹּ֛אמֶר הַ/עוֹדֶ֥/נּוּ חַ֖י אָחִ֥/י הֽוּא

English Translation

And they girded sackcloth around their waists and ropes on their heads, and they came to the king of Israel and said, "Your servant Ben-Hadad says, 'Please let my life be spared.' " And he said, "Is he still alive? He is my brother."

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Chapter 20 Context

1 And Ben-hadad the king of Syria gathered all his host together: and there were thirty and two kings... Focus ↗

2 And he sent messengers to Ahab king of Israel into the city, and said unto him, Thus saith Ben-hadad... Focus ↗

3 Thy silver and thy gold is mine; thy wives also and thy children, even the goodliest, are mine. Focus ↗

4 And the king of Israel answered and said, My lord, O king, according to thy saying, I am thine, and... Focus ↗

5 And the messengers came again, and said, Thus speaketh Ben-hadad, saying, Although I have sent unto... Focus ↗

6 Yet I will send my servants unto thee to morrow about this time, and they shall search thine house,... Focus ↗

7 Then the king of Israel called all the elders of the land, and said, Mark, I pray you, and see how t... Focus ↗

8 And all the elders and all the people said unto him, Hearken not unto him, nor consent. Focus ↗

9 Wherefore he said unto the messengers of Ben-hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that thou didst send... Focus ↗

10 And Ben-hadad sent unto him, and said, The gods do so unto me, and more also, if the dust of Samaria... Focus ↗

11 And the king of Israel answered and said, Tell him, Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast hi... Focus ↗

12 And it came to pass, when Ben-hadad heard this message, as he was drinking, he and the kings in the... Focus ↗

13 And, behold, there came a prophet unto Ahab king of Israel, saying, Thus saith the LORD, Hast thou s... Focus ↗

14 And Ahab said, By whom? And he said, Thus saith the LORD, Even by the young men of the princes of t... Focus ↗

15 Then he numbered the young men of the princes of the provinces, and they were two hundred and thirty... Focus ↗

16 And they went out at noon. But Ben-hadad was drinking himself drunk in the pavilions, he and the kin... Focus ↗

17 And the young men of the princes of the provinces went out first; and Ben-hadad sent out, and they t... Focus ↗

18 And he said, Whether they be come out for peace, take them alive; or whether they be come out for wa... Focus ↗

19 So these young men of the princes of the provinces came out of the city, and the army which followed... Focus ↗

20 And they slew every one his man: and the Syrians fled; and Israel pursued them: and Ben-hadad the ki... Focus ↗

21 And the king of Israel went out, and smote the horses and chariots, and slew the Syrians with a grea... Focus ↗

22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and... Focus ↗

23 And the servants of the king of Syria said unto him, Their gods are gods of the hills; therefore the... Focus ↗

24 And do this thing, Take the kings away, every man out of his place, and put captains in their rooms: Focus ↗

25 And number thee an army, like the army that thou hast lost, horse for horse, and chariot for chariot... Focus ↗

26 And it came to pass at the return of the year, that Ben-hadad numbered the Syrians, and went up to A... Focus ↗

27 And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the child... Focus ↗

28 And there came a man of God (Elohim), and spake unto the king of Israel, and said, Thus saith the LO... Focus ↗

29 And they pitched one over against the other seven days. And so it was, that in the seventh day the b... Focus ↗

30 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of t... Focus ↗

31 And his servants said unto him, Behold now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are... Focus ↗

32 So they girded sackcloth on their loins, and put ropes on their heads, and came to the king of Israe...

33 Now the men did diligently observe whether any thing would come from him, and did hastily catch it:... Focus ↗

34 And Ben-hadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and t... Focus ↗

35 And a certain man of the sons of the prophets said unto his neighbour in the word of the LORD, Smite... Focus ↗

36 Then said he unto him, Because thou hast not obeyed the voice of the LORD, behold, as soon as thou a... Focus ↗

37 Then he found another man, and said, Smite me, I pray thee. And the man smote him, so that in smitin... Focus ↗

38 So the prophet departed, and waited for the king by the way, and disguised himself with ashes upon h... Focus ↗

39 And as the king passed by, he cried unto the king: and he said, Thy servant went out into the midst... Focus ↗

40 And as thy servant was busy here and there, he was gone. And the king of Israel said unto him, So sh... Focus ↗

41 And he hasted, and took the ashes away from his face; and the king of Israel discerned him that he w... Focus ↗

42 And he said unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Because thou hast let go out of thy hand a man whom I app... Focus ↗

43 And the king of Israel went to his house heavy and displeased, and came to Samaria. Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Kings
Chapter: Chapter 20 (43 verses)
Version: New King James Version

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